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von Neumann machine is any device that is capable of creating an exact copy of itself given nothing but the necessary raw materials.

Theoretically, if it will be truly a von Neumann Machine, then its size doesn't matter: it can be any size from microscopic to planet-sized (though if you have the technology to take a body the size of the Moon apart and make a machine out of it, you have the technology to take the Earth apart and leave it in pieces), but it seems that miniature, molecular-scale nanobots, capable of building other nanobots and/or dedicated nanobot factories (nanoassemblers) would be the best way to go. It need not even be mechanical; all living things are technically biological von Neumann machines. Scott Lujan writes, "Through processes of directed evolution, perhaps beginning with diatomaceous microbes (capable of silicon processing) and choice natural subterranean extremophiles (can respire, i.e. oxidize, various heavy metals or live at extreme pressures and heats), one could conceivably create a strain of lithovores that would process earthly matter."

Method: Once you have your von Neumann machine built, release it into the ground under the Earth's crust and allow it to fend for itself. Watch and wait as it creates a second von Neumann machine, then they create two more, then they create four more. As the population of machines doubles repeatedly, the planet Earth will, terrifyingly soon, be entirely eaten up and turned into a swarm of potentially sextillions of machines.

Technically your objective would now be complete - no more Earth - but if you want to be thorough, then you can command your VNMs to hurl themselves, along with any remaining trace elements, into the Sun. This hurling would have to be achieved using rocket propulsion of some sort, so be sure to include this in your design. If you find yourself unable to design a VNM strong enough to stay intact at the core, you may need to do this in stages; consume a layer of the planet, launch into space, repeat.

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Our universe is rapidly expanding in all directions. It will likely continue to do so for a very, very long time. After that time, if the density of matter in the universe is greater than a certain critical value, the universe will slow to a stop due to mutual gravitational attraction, and collapse back together again, in a reversal of the Big Bang called the Big Crunch. Conditions during the Big Crunch will be similar to those during the Big Bang: mind-boggling heat, matter ripped to subatomic particles, fundamental forces such as gravitation and electromagnetism merging back together, that sort of thing. Yes, Earth would be destroyed. So would the rest of the universe. A tiny sphere of iron stands little chance against conditions like that.

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Most likely not. A lot of you guys will probably head on over to The Asylum and post crap threads like the last invasion a while back. And god help you if the Asylum retaliates.